REGIONAL CATEGORY MANAGER (Hyderabad)
Company: Dmart
Job Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience Required: 12+ years
Job Title
Regional Category Manager
Department
FMCG
Education
Graduate/MBA
Experience
Minimum 12+ Years
Position Reporting to
Regional Head
Job Responsibilities
Lead at team of 8-10 people for buying National & Regional FMCG brands . He /she will be responsible to buying FMCG for a set of 20- 30 Stores. He/she shall be coordinating and addressing challenges in buying and movement of goods from vendor to DC and DC to stores leading up to sales to ensure smooth business.
He /She shall be meeting Key vendor partners on regular basis for negotiations , forecasting and category development inititatives
He/she shall be closely working with various teams including Store Operations, Supply Chain, core Purchase and Central purchase to maximize offtakes and ensure best promotions in stores
He/she has to discuss and close Monthly,Quarterly plans with FMCG Vendors including demand planning, Promotions and smooth supplies to stores.
He/She also will be responsible for training and grooming Purchase officers and Asst Purchase managers on the job as as well in class room trainings.
He/she shall be solely responsible for availability in DC as well stores day in day out. Apart from this mainatinign competitive pricing in market shall be remain his/her core job.
Skills
Experience in General Trade will be preferred. Must be experienced in managing a similar role. Knowledge of local langauge / location of posting, is required. Must be willing to travel.
Must possess positive communication, negotiation, problem solving and interpersonal skills. Must be able to manage a large team.
Competencies
Simplicity & Process Optmisation
Speed of Execution
Shopper & Consumer Orientation
Leadership Development
Cost Sensitivity
Safety & Sustainability .